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Psalms 134:2

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Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
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  1. Psalms 28:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

  2. 1 Timothy 2:8Rank 2 from verse 2
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    8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

  3. Psalms 63:4Rank 3 from verse 2
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    4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

  4. Psalms 141:2Rank 4 from verse 2
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    2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

  5. Lamentations 3:41Rank 5 from verse 2
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    41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

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Psalms 134:2

COMBINED MEANING

lift

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Sense 1: To raise, bear up, or elevate physically. Sense 2: To direct upward or raise in expression, as the eyes, hands, voice, soul, prayer, or countenance. Sense 3: To exalt, restore, strengthen, or raise in condition or honour. Sense 4: To raise or wield against, as a hand, tool, weapon, or standard. Sense 5: In lift from off, to remove or take away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bless

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To pronounce or bestow good, favor, or happiness; to praise, thank, or glorify God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.

2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

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3The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

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